Balgarianovinite.com Prosecutor Vladimir Nikolov from the District Prosecution Office – Pleven (Northern Bulgaria) has been nominated for election as a member of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) from the prosecutors’ quota, the SJC said on its website.
Nikolov was nominated by magistrates from the Supreme Cassation Prosecution Office, the Sofia City Prosecution Office, the Sofia Regional Prosecution Office, the District Prosecution Office – Pleven and other district and regional prosecution offices. They said they were confident that Nikolov’s professional qualifications, management experience, teaching and research activities, and proven institutional leadership met the high requirements of the position. They expressed confidence that, as an SJC member, he would work to strengthen the independence of the judiciary, establish a fair and transparent personnel policy, promote modern and responsible judicial administration, and restore and strengthen public trust in the judiciary.
Prosecutor Nikolov began his career as a junior prosecutor and subsequently served as a prosecutor, deputy regional prosecutor and administrative head of the Regional Prosecution Office – Pleven and of the District Prosecution Office – Pleven, where he currently serves as a magistrate. He has taught at the National Institute of Justice and lectured at the Academy of European Law (ERA) and in training programmes organized by national and international institutions. In 2026, he defended his doctoral dissertation, “Criminal Law Protection of the Electoral Process”, and was awarded an LLD in criminal law. The nomination also highlights Prosecutor Nikolov’s “high professional standards, administrative experience and ability to engage in constructive dialogue”.
The Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) will cover the election of members of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) from the quota of the National Assembly and the election of SJC members by judges, prosecutors and investigating magistrates, under a dedicated developing topic (section) in Bulgarian and English called “New Supreme Judicial Council”.
The amendments to the Judicial System Act adopted by the National Assembly on June 26 set out the procedure for electing the new SJC.
The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) consists of 25 members: 22 elective and three ex officio (the presidents of the two supreme courts and the prosecutor general). The elective members represent the three magistrate communities (judges, prosecutors, and investigating magistrates) in the SJC’s two chambers: Judges Chamber and Prosecutors Chamber.
These communities will hold two general meetings each: one to present, discuss and finalize a list of nominees, and another one to vote for their representatives on the SJC (aka “professional quota”: six members of the Judges Chamber and five members of the Prosecutors Chamber, of whom four elected by prosecutors and one by investigating magistrates). According to a timeline adopted by the SJC Plenum, the prosecutors will hold their meetings on October 17 and 24, the judges on October 31 and November 7, and the investigating magistrates on November 14 and 21.
The rest of the SJC members (aka “parliamentary quota”: six of the Judges Chamber and five of the Prosecutors Chamber) will be elected by the National Assembly. Each nominee will be put to a separate vote, and election will require a two-thirds majority (160 votes in favour out of the total of 240 MPs). According to rules of procedure, adopted by Parliament on July 31, 2026, the procedure will run in parallel to the nomination and election of the professional quota even though no specific timeline is mentioned. Pleven’s Former District Prosecutor Vladimir Nikolov Nominated for SJC Elected Member from Prosecutors’ Quota 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-08-17 14:33:47 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law